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In a section of western Queens with new immigrants, severely overcrowded schools and an unusual mix of manufacturing and residential neighborhoods, the race for a City Council seat is brimming with candidates who praise their experience and say they...

Walter L. McCaffrey, a veteran city councilman who was challenging Representative Joseph Crowley in a Democratic Congressional primary in Queens, said yesterday that he was withdrawing from the race after a report that he had spent campaign funds for...

A city councilman from Queens criticized United States Census Bureau officials yesterday for declining an offer from city officials to pay for photo identifications for all census workers in the city. The councilman, Walter L. McCaffrey, warned...

May 30, 2000, Tuesday

To the Editor: As a sponsor of legislation in the New York City Council that would ban A.T.M. surcharges, I have trouble seeing the connection between A.T.M. fees and convenience (''The Menace of A.T.M.'s: Convenience,'' Big City column, March 4)....

A longtime city councilman from Queens announced his plans yesterday to challenge United States Representative Joseph Crowley in the Democratic primary. The councilman, Walter L. McCaffrey, was one of three potential candidates from Queens who...

In what could become the rare case of a Congressional incumbent facing a contentious re-election fight, a well-known City Councilman may challenge a first-term representative from Queens in next year's Democratic primary. The councilman, Walter...

It is unusual enough for a New York City Congressman to face opposition within his own party for re-election. So when three public officials band together to openly plot an incumbent's downfall, it borders on the extraordinary. That is the...

April 26, 1999, Monday

To the Editor: New York City Councilman Walter L. McCaffrey (letter, Jan. 30) declared that the city's virtual ban on X-rated businesses has been a success. However, what seems entirely missing from the debate over such businesses is any evidence...

February 4, 1999, Thursday

To the Editor: As an original sponsor of New York City's adult entertainment zoning law, I feel that it is important to clarify that the law was not intended to close down businesses but to return a quality of life to our neighborhoods and to...

Twice in the last week, buildings that were designed to save lives in the event of a fire turned instead into deathtraps, when human error foiled the fireproofing systems that were meant to isolate and contain deadly flames, smoke, heat and toxic...